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you will please act in regard to my request as your own & the interest of the Country may require,
Respectfully Yr Friend
JNO. S. EVANS City or Austin Texas Galveston 11th 1839
Gen Mirabeau B. Lamar Letter from Joseph Evans
[Addressed :] [Endorsed:]
No. 1486. W. JEFFERSON JONES TO LAMAR
City of Austin Oct 18th 1839
To His Exclly. M. B. LAMAR DEaR Srn
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Nine months ago I introduced to you '.Dr. Saml. Pilkington. He was appointed the Surgeon of the Volunteers raised in Houston's commanded by Col Woodlieff and [stayed ?] with them till they [faded] in the faithful performance of his duty. He has been in the woods with me for the last eight clays in pursuit of Jn- dians, and was one of the party_who agreed to remain . . . [faded] the savages for the defence of his p [arty ?] He is as honest a man as ever lived, and I say so because I have tried him fully- He is a devoted friend of mine and is blessed with a fuie understanding. Dr. Pilkington's now that he is out of office would accept the ap- pointment of Stock Commissioner. His habits are of the best kind I understand Dr. Starr approves his appointment
Yr friend
W JEFFERSON JONES
[Addressed :] [Endorsed :]
His Excellency ?IL B. l,amar Austin Letter from M:r Jefferson Jones Austin 18th October,
1839
No. 1489. GEORGE W. HOCKLEY TO LA:\IAR
Houston 18th Oct. 1839.
His Excellency Mm,\BEAL' B LA)UR Sm,
I han~ the Honor of transmitting through Colonel :McLeod, a copy of my report to the Hon Secretary of War, and copies of the letters referred to in it.- Ha,ring but very few muskets at present in the Arsenal I thought it best to refer to the regular quarterly report.- 1'he Stm Packet Columbia has arrived and altho we are cheered by the intellig<'11('e that the rarnges of the feyer has nearly ceased at New Orleans and :\lohile, the destruction of a fair portion of the latter City c-loutls it. in the gloom. Xatches a11cl Philallelphia _are said to have suffered i11 a similar manner, of the latter l am certam.- - By private letters receirecl from Genl. T-le11ller:;on in this City little doubt. c-un he ent(•rtainecl of our recorruition In- France, so soon as the report. of nclmiral Bauclin slrnll be ;~ceiYecl of the eYents I presume you nre fully informed-
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